Huntington-Surrey High School

Huntington-Surrey School is a private non-sectarian college preparatory high school located in Austin, Texas. It was founded in 1973 and is located northwest of the University of Texas campus.

Huntington-Surrey School
Address
4700 Grover Avenue

Austin
,
Texas
78731

United States
Coordinates30°19′5.97″N 97°44′15.28″W
Information
TypePrivate
Founded1973
FounderJudy L. Meuth and Timothy A. Noyes
CEEB code440309
Head of schoolPam Nicholas
Staff15
Grades9‒12
GenderCoed
Enrollment76
Average class size6
Student to teacher ratio4:1
Education systemCollege Preparatory
Campus sizesmall
Campus typeUrban
Athleticsnone
MascotSapling Oak
AccreditationSACS
Websitehttp://www.huntingtonsurrey.org/

The school's goal is to produce young adults who graduate with the tools and the desire to keep learning throughout their lives. Individual attention and a personalized educational experience come from a low student-to-teacher ratios: 8-1 in core classes, 6-1 in math, and 1-1 in the literature program, which is based on the British tutorial method.

The school offers a personal educational experience curriculum with a particular focus on composition and literature, with standard science, history, and math classes also required.[1] Electives, which are offered on Fridays, draw on the various interests and talents of the faculty.

Some remarkable features of the student experience at Huntington-Surrey include the very small class sizes and the school days with built-in help for accomplishing homework assignments, including math homework always done in the presence of a math teacher.[2] The school is accredited by Cognia (formerly AdvancED/ Southern Association of Colleges and Schools).[3]

Alumni

Notable alumni, in order of the most recent year of attendance (if known), then alphabetically by last name:

  • 2006 - Alexandra Winkelman Zeplain, social entrepreneur for women's and children's issues
  • 2003 - Andrew Cadima, composer
  • 2003 - Thomas Herndon, economist
  • 2000 - Adrienne Dawes, actress and playwright
  • 1994 - Talia Fernòs, mathematician

References
  1. http://www.schooldigger.com/go/TX/schools/9999917382/school.aspx
  2. http://www.trulia.com/schools/TX-Austin/Huntington_-_Surrey_School/
  3. http://oracle.advanc-ed.org/reporting/Reports/LocatorReport.aspx?AssociationID=2&TaxonomyID=19&DistrictID=&SchoolName=huntington-surrey&City=&GovernanceID=&SchoolTypeID=&State=&Country=&CharterTypeID=%5B%5D
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